## Upcoming Seminars

Oct. 22nd, 3:30 PM

#### Optimal Rates for Independence Testing via U-Statistic Permutation Tests

Seminar presented by Thomas Berrett
Independence testing is one of the most well-studied problems in statistics, and the use of procedures such as the chi-squared test is ubiquitous in the sciences. While tests have traditionally been calibrated through asymptotic theory, permutation tests…
Oct. 29th, 3:30 PM

#### Global testing for dependent Bernoullis

Seminar presented by Sumit Mukherjee

#### 2021 Blackwell Seminar Announcement

We are delighted to announce Dr. Kristian Lum as the 2021 Blackwell Seminar Speaker.  Her talk, “Closer Than They Appear: A Bayesian Perspective on Individual-Level Heterogeneity in Risk Assessment”…

#### Amanda Cox to give a talk for the UW Public Lecture Series

We are delighted to announce that the UW Graduate School will be hosting alumni Amanda Cox (M.A., Statistics 2005) as part of their Public Lecture Series. Cox is the data editor of The New York Times…